• Gen launched the Fearless Planet Index, a continuously updated cyber-safety intelligence hub tracking scams, threats, malware, identity risks across 245 countries.
• Early readout flagged phishing as the top scam category globally, with more than 120 million phishing attacks detected in the latest 30-day snapshot.
• Scams or malicious advertising made up more than 80% of categorized threats, indicating consumer fraud outpacing traditional malware in measured activity.
• North America showed the highest average digital risk at 29.6%, followed by Europe at 28.5% in the initial regional comparison.
• Country-level patterns highlighted online shopping scams in the US, dating scams across parts of Europe, underscoring localized risk dispersion.

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